FAB
Meat Enhancers for
Injection & Marinating

FAB is used by top competition BBQ teams...

FAB is the choice of
champions! FAB users have won too many barbecue competitions to
list (we wouldn't give away your secrets, anyway) with Grand
Champion and 1st Place wins in all categories, including the
American Royal, Jack Daniels and numerous regional competitions.

FAB
is designed to:

Enhance
natural meat flavors

Make your meats juicier

Improve texture
for better slicing and taste

Increase yields

It's not a rub...
It's not a marinade...
It has no spices or "flavor profile"...

So what is FAB?

FAB is a meat enhancer.

FAB enhances flavors -
flavor enhancers magnify the flavors that are already there.
They make everything more flavorful without altering them.

FAB retains natural juices
- retains and adds lost juices, even through cooking. Water is
returned to the muscle cells where it belongs, locking it in.

Remember when meat had real
flavor? When chicken tasted like chicken, and beef like beef?
Modern farming techniques bring meat to market faster than ever,
but those same methods have robbed meat of its flavor. FAB makes
it better!

The use of growth hormones, selective breeding and other
techniques have made meats more affordable, but they’ve lost
something. The average chicken you buy in the store is only six
weeks old, and a report by the Iowa State University in 2008
states that faster-growing pigs have lower juiciness and
tenderness than their slower-growing counterparts. This confirms
what many of us have known all along—meat just doesn’t taste
like it used to.

FAB
brings back that flavor through innovative use of select
ingredients and flavor enhancers, matched in perfect balance.
FAB enhances the natural flavor of meat, but it doesn’t
overpower it. FAB complements and fortifies the natural meat
flavor. FAB'ed meat “tastes meatier”.

Simply put, FAB makes meat taste like it should, like used
to...but there’s more to FAB than flavor. FAB also improves the
texture of meat, making it juicier, more tender and easier to
slice. It increases yield, too, by as much as 10% or more. By
helping to retain the natural juices of meat, FAB locks in
flavor.

Use only
injectors with holes that inject sideways, as opposed to
injectors that only have a single hole at the tip.
Inject
slowly, so the meat can absorb the mixture.

Injections should be
done at about two to three inch intervals throughout the meat surface, or
you may use a checkerboard pattern.

Allow to
marinate at least 4-6 hours under refrigeration, turning
occasionally to assist in even distribution.
Use your vacuum sealer or tumbler for faster action.

Cook at 220 F. or
higher, depending on what you are preparing,
until an internal
temperature of at least 160 F. is reached.

Allow meat juices to
equalize for about one half hour (or more) after
cooking is finished and
prior to slicing.

While your
mileage may vary, one pound of FAB is enough for about 3-4
briskets or up to 10 racks of ribs.

FAB can be injected into large cuts of meat like ribs and
brisket, but it can also be used to soak into smaller cuts like chicken wings or
flank steak. FAB will penetrate about an inch into a cut of meat, so the choice
is yours. To get excellent results, inject FAB about every inch with an injector
that has multiple holes on each side along the length of the syringe, like our
Monster Marinade Injector, and avoid injectors that only have a
single hole at
the tip—they will not give sufficient distribution of FAB. Some of our customers
even use tumblers to get the best, most even distribution. Give it a try and see
which method achieves the results that work best for you.

FAB works a little magic

When an animal is alive, certain compounds keep the muscles
tender and allows them to retain fluids within the meat. When the animal is
slaughtered and butchered, these compounds break down—which is why freshness is so important.
The same thing happens when animals grow faster than they should, like those
six-week-old chickens. FAB returns these compounds to meat, in effect, reversing
the process. Some companies simply pump water into meat to make it heavier when
you but it, but this disappears when cooking. By returning natural compounds to
the meat, FAB locks in natural juices throughout the cooking process. FAB makes
it juicier and more tender.

What FAB is not

FAB does not add or change the flavor profile or your rubs or seasonings.
It's not a rub or a spice. That is, it only enhances the flavor of
meat, a savory sensation, or what the Japanese call “umami”. FAB makes
it better, not different.

Since FAB has no spices or flavor systems, feel free to add your favorite ginger
vinaigrette or apple vinegar and garlic marinade—whatever secret recipe works
best for you. FAB enhances the flavor of meat, but you can add even more with
your own rubs and marinades...or try one of our tried and true products in the
“flavorings” section of our store.

Want even more flavor?

Since FAB only enhances the natural flavor of your meats, feel free to
experiment with your own flavor systems and add your individual style. Try apple
juice instead of water, add spice blends or even one of our rubs. FAB works well
with curing products, too, like Morton’s Sugar Cure. You can make your own
Canadian Bacon or Corned Beef in a snap. Of course, nothing brings out the best
in FAB like BBQ, and our customers have had top finishes in a number of
competitions in all major categories.

FAB makes it better

FAB has no added salt, but just as it makes meat taste meatier, it also makes
salt taste saltier. This is a good thing! You can reduce the amount of salt and
added sodium that you would normally use in your rubs or at the table. FAB makes
your BBQ taste better with less salt.

* Please note that FAB free has no added
MSG, but it contains ingredients (HSP, autolyzed yeast extract, for example)
that have naturally occurring glutamates, as do almost all food proteins. It is
simply not possible to formulate a meat enhancer like FAB without glutamates.
That would be akin to making hamburgers without using any protein. If you are
concerned about MSG, please contact us.